title: Neuropsychiatric aspects of infectious diseases.
abstract: Among the critically ill, infectious diseases can play a significant role in the etiology of neuropsychiatric disturbances. All critical care physicians are familiar with delirium as a secondary complication of systemic infection. This article focuses on key infectious diseases that commonly and directly produce neuropsychiatric symptoms, including direct infection of the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA. sjferran@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ferrando
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Freyberg
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003693:Delirium / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents